A small battery can power a remote control or a clock.

The idea

Pil means battery. The definite object is pili and the plural is piller. After a number, use singular pil: iki pil. Pille or pil ile means “with a battery”.

Examples

  • Pili kumandaya dikkatle yerleştirdim.I carefully inserted the battery into the remote control.
  • Radyom iki pille çalışıyor.My radio runs on two batteries.
  • Piller çekmecenin küçük gözünde.The batteries are in the drawer’s small compartment.
  • Eski pil artık çalışmıyor.The old battery no longer works.
  • Saatin pili bitmiş.The clock’s battery has run out.
  • Yedek pil çantamda duruyor.A spare battery is in my bag.

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Watch out

Do not add the plural after a number: write iki pil, not iki piller. The plural piller has two consecutive l letters.

Try it yourself

  1. I inserted the battery into the remote control. (specific object) ___ kumandaya yerleştirdim.

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    pili

    pili: the definite object takes the accusative -i.

  2. There are two batteries on the table. (after a number) Masada iki ___ var.

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    pil

    pil: after iki, the noun remains singular.

  3. The batteries are in the drawer. (plural batteries) ___ çekmecenin içinde.

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    piller

    piller: one l belongs to the noun and one to the plural suffix.

Use it today

Say which device needs a battery and where the spare is.